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Retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low birthweight infants Kayo Ueda 1 , Toshiko Yamana 2 , Mieko Nishimura 2 , Tsutomu Kondo 3 1Dep. of Ophthalmol., Fukuoka Children's Hosp. Med. Cent. 2Dept. of Ophthalntol., Fac. of Med. Kyushu Univ. 3Dept. of Pediatr., Fukuoka Children's Hasp. Med. Cent. pp.675-679
Published Date 1985/5/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410209446
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We evaluated retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in extremely low birthweight infants as to its incidence, clinical features and treatment of severe type. A consecutive series of 69 infants in the past 39-month period were included in the study. All had a birthweight of 1,499 grams or less and were admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit. ROP was detected in 38 cases (55%), of which 7 cases (10%) manifested severe type of ROP.

These 7 cases with severe type of ROP weighed less than 1,099 grams at birth and were less than 28 weeks in gestational age. They were given oxygen through respirator for at least 2 weeks and generally for 4 weeks or more.

As important signs for the early diagnosis of severe type of ROP, wide avascular areas encroaching the posterior fundus were present in all the four quad-rants. Retinal vessels were seen only within 3.5 disc diamaters (DD) from the macula on the temporal side and within 6DD on the nasal side. As further pathognomonic signs, retinal vessels showed anasto-mosis, abnormal course and dilatations in their distal portions. Neovascular membranes into the vitreous and marked generalized vasodilatation soon developed after this stage.

Xenon photocoagulation with additional cryoco-agulation was effective in 10 eyes (5 cases). In order to be effective, pltotocoagulation for the severe type of ROP had to be initiated before generalized dila-tation and tortuosity of retinal vessels and before markedly ingrowth of ncovascular membranes. It is imperative that photocoagulation spots be placed ('lose to one another all over the avascular area and also along the borderline between the vascularized and avascular retina. Should neovascular mem-branes develop in spite of photocoagulation, they should be treated by repeated coagulations.


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